Damir Markota
Markota with Iurbentia Bilbao in 2009
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| No. 22 – İstanbul BB | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | Turkish Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 26, 1985 Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 59th overall |
| Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |
| Playing career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2002 | Zabok |
| 2002–2003 | Šanac Karlovac |
| 2003–2006 | Cibona |
| 2006–2007 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2007 | Tulsa 66ers |
| 2007–2008 | Spartak St. Petersburg |
| 2008 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| 2008 | Cibona |
| 2008–2009 | ViveMenorca |
| 2009–2010 | Iurbentia Bilbao |
| 2010–2012 | Union Olimpija |
| 2012 | Zagreb |
| 2012–2013 | Beşiktaş |
| 2013 | Brose Baskets |
| 2013–2014 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2014–2015 | Cibona |
| 2015–present | İstanbul BB |
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Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball player who plays for İstanbul BB of the Turkish Basketball League. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10) tall and 102 kg (225 lbs) in weight. His style of play has been compared to Vladimir Radmanović.
Markota, born in Sarajevo (then SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), fled Bosnia during the war and settled in Sweden, where he began to practice basketball. He played together with Maciej Lampe in , until moving to Croatia when he was fourteen, after being invited to play in the Croatian league. Markota signed with KK Cibona, but was loaned to Zabok and Karlovac Šanac until the end of 2002–03. Subsequently, he received Croatian citizenship (holding Swedish as well), declining an offer to play for the Swedish national basketball team.
Markota was an early candidate for the 2004 NBA Draft, but soon withdrew his name from consideration. He was later invited to the Croatian national team, and in 2005 he changed his last name from "Omerhodžić" to "Markota" (his mother's maiden name).
He was eventually chosen by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft, 59th overall, then immediately traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. During the summer of 2006, the Bucks signed Markota to a multi-year contract after the Spurs traded his draft rights for the higher of the Bucks’ two 2007 NBA Draft second-round picks.
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